Agriculture
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- US corporate interests and the war on terror.
- ( GRAIN , 2009)
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This briefing determines that the US’s agricultural reconstruction work in Afghanistan and Iraq is an intrinsic part of the US military campaign. It asserts that the US pushes neo-liberal pol...
- How to develop and promote food diversification and nutrition in Malawi
- ( S. Nordin / Food & Nutrition Security and Permaculture in Malawi , 2005)
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Tackling food insecurity in Malawi has moved away from emergency aid towards relief and recovery, with government policy looking at food diversification and nutrition. Produced following a nine-mon...
- New aid for African agriculture: how will this be realised?
- ( R. Dechenne / UK Food Group , 2008)
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After years of ‘neglect’ in favour of health and education assistance in Africa, the food crisis has concentrated the donor community’s minds on the need for overseas develop...
- Carrying out a seed system security assessment
- ( L. Sperling / Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research , 2008)
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Intervening in seed systems is serious business. Seed systems are at the heart of agricultural production and determines what farmers grow and whether they will have a harvest. Badly desi...
- What can G8 leaders do to address the food crisis?
- ( ActionAid International , 2008)
- Three years after the G8 pledged to ‘make poverty history’, the current global food crisis has left close to a quarter of the world’s population lacking basic food security. In this ...
- Raising productivity in African agriculture: innovative approaches
- ( New Agriculturalist , 2008)
- Forty years after the Asian Green Revolution , the spotlight has now turned on African agriculture. Increasing attention is being paid to the need for greater investment in African agriculture and key...
What role can fertilizer subsidies play in alleviating poverty and hunger?: evidence from Malawi, Zambia and Kenya
- ( I. Minde;T., S. Jayne;J. Ariga / The Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics - Michigan State University , 2008)
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The role of input subsidies in stimulating growth and addressing food security and poverty alleviation objectives has re-emerged as an important debate in agricultural policy. Sharp increases...
- Assessing new rules on food aid
- ( R. Cardwell / Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy , 2008)
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Food aid is on the menu at the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) Round of World Trade Organisation negotiations. A potential new WTO agreement is almost certain to contain rules that will limit the cir...
What does the next decade hold for global agriculture?
- ( Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations , 2008)
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This synthesis report presents the main findings of the 2008 Agricultural Outlook report, an annual publication prepared by the Organisation for Economic Co-opera...
Tackling food insecurity in Malawi: a review of the Fertiliser Subsidy Programme
- ( B. Chinsinga / Future Agricultures Consortium , 2008)
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Food insecurity in Malawi has become endemic, with around 70-80% of rural households short of self-produced staple foods for four to five months of the year. This Future Agricultures brief reviews ...
